"Lucky Stiff" AUDITIONS!!!! August 24, 2009

Lucky Stiff

Directed by Maureen Fallon

Musical Director Bob Barone



Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty

based on “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” by Michael Butterworth
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Auditions: Monday, August 24 at 7pm

Tuesday, August 25 at 7 pm





Rehearsals: Begin immediately



Tech Rehearsals: September 27 – October 1



Production: October 2 – 25, 2009

Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm

& Sundays at 2 pm



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A razzle-dazzle musical with the zany antics of a Marx Brothers movie by the Tony Award winning creators of Ragtime and Seussical the Musical

Audition Requirements:



A prepared solo of no more than 24 bars of a showtune NOT from this show
An accompanist will be available at auditions – bring sheet music with cuts already marked
Although not recommended, taped or CD tracked accompaniment is permissible – bring CD or taped cued to appropriate place
Cold readings of scenes from script


Cast

Harry Witherspoon: A shy, sweet-natured and insecure young Englishman, working as an underpaid shoe salesman in a dreary London suburb. Lonely and beset by dogs and prying neighbors in his boardinghouse, Harry knows that life is passing him by, but feels incapable of majking any changes or taking any chances. Vocal range: tenor Stage age 28-36



Annabel Glick: A representative of the Univresal Dog Home of Brooklyn. Annabel is a young woman with a natural bent for causes. She takes life very seriously, and denies herself any small pleasures, for fear that if she waits for happiness to knock, it won’t. Instead , she dedicates herself to good works. Annabel is the type who wears protest buttons and carries a bag full of useful things like tire gauges and granola bars. Vocal range: alto, Stage age 26-35



Rita La Porta: A handsome, hard-edged woman with an extremely volatile nature and a severe case of nearsightedness. Rita is passionate, impulsive, jealous, manipulative and very insecure about her looks . She is also putty in the hands of the man she adores. Things often get out of control when Rita is present. She is a chain smoker. Vocal range: alto, Stage age 38-48



Vincent (Vinnie) Di Ruzzio: Rita La Porta’s brother. An optometrist. A nervous and conservative man. A pillar of the community and a person who would never do anything out of the ordinary, risky or controversial. Vinnie is allergic to smoke.

Vocal range: baritone, Stage age 38-48



Luigi Gaudi: A boisterous and gregarious Italian. Luigi is a pivotal character, although his part is relatively small. He wears a moustache, and perhaps an eye patch. Vocal range: tenor, Stage age 46-56



Ensemble Players: (2 Men, 2 Women) These performers double a variety of parts, including: An English landlady and her boarders; an English solicitor; travelers on a train; a French waiter; a bellhop; tourists; gamblers; an emcee; a French nightclub entertainer and others. Chorus Stage ages 20-65



SYNOPSIS: Harry Witherspoon is an unassuming English shoe salesman living an uneventful life until he learns that his uncle Anthony, a casino manager from Atlantic City has been killed by his blind lover. Harry learns that he stands to inherit six million dollars from his uncle, but only if he agrees to take his corpse on a trip to Monte Carlo. Harry sets out to fulfill Anthony’s dying wish, however he meets a host of quirky characters that are also in hot pursuit of his uncle’s money.

CRITICS: “…non-stop fun, a fast-paced, animated bit of whimsical lunacy!” NY Times

Official Website: http://www.henegar.org